Originally Posted by
newsmanhoss
Perhaps we'll see some of the E170s end up on some of the routes that currently have FL/OO CRJ competition. When those FL routes go away after WN takes over, that might be time to put the E-jets on the routes that still have some ERJ's.
The E170's have better economics than the RJ's, so it would be nice to see markets with potential like PIT, STL and OMA to drop RJ's in favor of E170, knowing they can afford more discounting and connections than the RJ.
Assuming competition leaves markets like Omaha, Indy and Pittsburgh with the WN/FL deal, fares (especially business fares) will go up. But I'm hopeful that the fairly reasonable fares we're seeing to Louisville, Columbus, and Dayton are the types they offer even if they have a new monopoly. I've been paying a lot of business fares to those monopoly cities the $120-$200 range (each way) with either 3 or 7 days advance. That's not cheap but not excessive as we've sometimes seen in the past. If they jack the fares up too much, it kills the high-yield traffic.